Orientale Province
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Orientale Province Province Orientale |
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Province | |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Capital | Kisangani |
Government | |
• Governor | Jean Bamanisa Saidi |
Area | |
• Total | 503,239 km2 (194,302 sq mi) |
Population (2010 est.) | |
• Total | 8,197,975 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
Official language | French |
National language | Swahili, Lingala |
Orientale (French: Province orientale) (also Oriental; formerly Haut-Zaïre, then Haut-Congo) is one of the eleven former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The province laid in the northeast of the country. It bordered Équateur to the west, Kasaï-Oriental province to the southwest, Maniema to the south, and North Kivu to the southeast. It also bordered the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north, and Uganda to the east. The provincial capital is Kisangani.
The province was divided into the Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele and Tshopo districts and the Ituri Interim Administration. These became provinces in 2015 under the 2006 constitution.
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History
Orientale Province was formed in 1966 from the amalgamation of the regions of Uele, Kibali-Ituri and Haut-Congo. In 2015, the province dissolved into the provinces of Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, Ituri and Tshopo.
In 1998 the Orientale villages of Durba and Watsa were the center of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease among gold mine workers.
The Ituri district of Orientale was the scene of the Ituri conflict.
As of 2014, militia groups continue to fight in the province and have reportedly committed many atrocities against the local population, such as forcing women into sex slavery and forcing men to work in mines.[1]
Divisions
Name | District | Territory | Pop. 2010[2] | Coordinates[2] |
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Aketi | Bas-Uele District | Aketi Territory | 40,507 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Ango | Bas-Uele District | Ango Territory | 8,381 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Aru | Ituri Interim Administration | Aru Territory | 29,801 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bafwasende | Tshopo District | Bafwasende Territory | 14,504 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bambesa | Bas-Uele District | Bambesa Territory | 14,959 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Basoko | Tshopo District | Basoko Territory | 50,352 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bondo | Bas-Uele District | Bondo Territory | 18,118 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bunia | Ituri Interim Administration | Irumu Territory | 327,837 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Buta | Bas-Uele District | Buta Territory | 53,401 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Djugu | Ituri Interim Administration | Djugu Territory | 27,112 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Dungu | Haut-Uele District | Dungu Territory | 26,894 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Irumu | Ituri Interim Administration | Irumu Territory | 10,387 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Isiro | Haut-Uele District | Rangu Territory | 174,551 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kisangani | Tshopo District | n/a | 868,672 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kituku | Ituri Interim Administration | Irumu Territory | 43,460 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mahagi | Ituri Interim Administration | Mahagi Territory | 18,743 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mongbwalu | Ituri Interim Administration | Djugu Territory | 29,672 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Niangara | Haut-Uele District | Niangara Territory | 13,504 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Opala | Tshopo District | Opala Territory | 15,569 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Poko | Bas-Uele District | Poko Territory | 10,873 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Ubundu | Tshopo District | Ubundu Territory | 13,332 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Wamba | Haut-Uele District | Wamba Territory | 17,651 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Watsa | Haut-Uele District | Watsa Territory | 31,978 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Yahuma | Tshopo District | Yahuma Territory | 4,857 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Yangambi | Tshopo District | Isangi Territory | 40,932 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
References
- ↑ Sexual slavery rife in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Site of the province (Gouverneur and province assembly), in French
- Bamanisajean.unblog.fr is Governor Jean Bamanisa's blog site.
- Stanleyville.be City of Kisangani Website.
- @Prov_orientale Twitter for Orentale Provincial Government
- Facebook Orentale Provincial Government
- CDC "Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicating the neighboring villages of Durba and Watsa, the epicenter of the 1998 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever."
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